It's MLA style, ;) but I agree that technical writing is a bit of a grey
area.  Let me know which you'd prefer...
On Aug 12, 2013 5:00 PM, "Mark Burns" <notifications@github.com> wrote:

> In object.textile:
>
> > @@ -380,10 +379,11 @@ For `Qnil`, there is a macro dedicated to check if a `VALUE` is `Qnil` or not,
> >
> >  The name ending with `p` is a notation coming from Lisp denoting that it is a
> >  function returning a boolean value. In other words, `NIL_P` means "is the
> > -argument `nil`?". It seems the "`p`" character comes from "predicate". This
> > +argument `nil`?". It seems the "`p`" character comes from "predicate." This
>
> Actually, I'm reading the diff here. Let me read the output and come back
> to this point.
>
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